. .When I’m with a client I like to understand them and why their clothes aren’t working for them. Quite often there are deep seated attitudes to clothes that they’ve never thought about, why they end up wearing clothes that make them look much older or younger than they are, or why they can’t spend [...]
Confidence Comes from the Inside Out
September 14, 2009 By 10 Comments
Yesterday I asked where confidence in appearance comes from – and many commented that lack of confidence can stem from negative comments made during childhood. These comments seem to burn right into us and are often v ery hard to shake off as we grow up – we take them as gospel truth, rather than [...]
Discovering Your Assets
August 12, 2009 By 10 Comments
After my post on Highlighting Your Assets, some commenters seemed to have trouble working out what their assets are, they’ve spent so long being told about and focussing on their ‘flaws’ but never ‘assets’. I see everything as an asset, and don’t believe in flaws. It’s just that some assets you may want to highlight, [...]
Body Image Survey
May 5, 2009 By 26 Comments
Nine out of 10 Australian women have regular “fat days” and most are miserable about their bodies, a survey has found. The survey, conducted by two Melbourne universities, paints a bleak picture of women who don’t like seeing their reflection in the mirror. More than two-thirds of women feel uncomfortable looking at themselves naked in [...]
Bad Design
April 24, 2009 By 28 Comments
Size is only a Number on a Label
April 1, 2009 By 27 Comments
10 Reasons To Feel Great About Your Clothes
March 4, 2009 By 16 Comments
Do you ever think that worrying about your clothes is shallow? That really you should be spending your time working out how to end world poverty? Well here are my Top 10 reasons why you should enjoy your clothing. If you look good, you feel good and behave in the world with greater confidence. This [...]
Saying "I love you"
February 20, 2009 By 11 Comments
Recently, I’ve met a couple of beautiful and gorgeous women who can barely look at themselves in the mirror. For various reasons (unhealthy influences during their childhoods) they have very low self-esteem and it led me to thinking about our bodies and how we treat them. Do you look at yourself in the mirror? What [...]
